Homemade Christmas Presents

Rather than trying to find gifts that my older family members don't need I decided to put together some potted plants for some of them (parents, grandparents, aunts..). So I ran to Home Depot and picked up some random pots, soil, and a bunch of different succulents and cacti. Turned out pretty good.

One Christmas many years ago I had a similar idea.Instead of running around spending $$$ on stuff my family members didn't care about,I made them birdhouses.I went around to spots in the hills where people would dump their crap.I gathered up a bunch of old weathered wood and built about 6 different birdhouses.I used some paint and hardware I had laying around.The only thing I spent was time,and a little gas finding the wood.Everyone loved that I took the time to make something,instead of just buying a gift from a store.

Nice idea, I would rather get something like that then some useless junk.

Originally Posted by cyclelicious

Personal and thoughtful! I love this!

Originally Posted by DIRTJUNKIE

Nice job Gordon and by Judy's remark above I would say you scored some points for the men.
Thank's!

Originally Posted by Hawg

Those are really cool, Gordon. We have a few of those on our balcony that were store bought.

Originally Posted by The Understater

You are a veritable artist. Nice job.

Originally Posted by Cornfield

Cool idea,Gordon! Those look great!

One Christmas many years ago I had a similar idea.Instead of running around spending $$$ on stuff my family members didn't care about,I made them birdhouses.I went around to spots in the hills where people would dump their crap.I gathered up a bunch of old weathered wood and built about 6 different birdhouses.I used some paint and hardware I had laying around.The only thing I spent was time,and a little gas finding the wood.Everyone loved that I took the time to make something,instead of just buying a gift from a store.

Thanks everyone for the comments/compliments. Other than Jim Beam, you sir would get a backhand from my 88 year old grandmother for that jackass comment.

Going to get some rocks to cover the soil with after work and will post the final product.